Innocence (Figure of Girl — Dahlov)

William Zorach, Innocence (Figure of Girl - Dahlov), 1928, cast and patinated plaster, 49 188 1210 14 in. (124.821.626.0 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach and Dahlov Ipcar, 1968.154.143

Artwork Details

Title
Innocence (Figure of Girl — Dahlov)
Date
1928
Dimensions
49 188 1210 14 in. (124.821.626.0 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Tessim Zorach and Dahlov Ipcar
Mediums
Mediums Description
cast and patinated plaster
Classifications
Subjects
  • Allegory — quality — innocence
  • Portrait female — Zorach, Dahlov — child
  • Portrait female — Zorach, Dahlov — nude
Object Number
1968.154.143

Artwork Description

William Zorach’s daughter Dahlov posed for many of his drawings and sculptures. He loved his children dearly and based much of his art on his relationships with them. Their “secret lives” and creative spirits particularly fascinated Zorach, so that when Dahlov began painting at an early age, he saved everything she ever made. When she was eighteen, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City produced a show of her work titled Exhibition of Creative Growth.

Works by this artist (744 items)

William Zorach, Head of Dr. W.E.B. Dubois, 1956, cast plaster on plaster base, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach and Dahlov Ipcar, 1968.154.141
Head of Dr. W.E.B. Dubois
Date1956
cast plaster on plaster base
On view
William Zorach, Head of Abraham Walkowitz, 1943, plaster, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach and Dahlov Ipcar, 1968.154.130
Head of Abraham Walkowitz
Date1943
plaster
On view
William Zorach, Two Marys (Empyrean Children), 1960, cast and patinated plaster, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach and Dahlov Ipcar, 1968.154.133
Two Marys (Empyrean Children)
Date1960
cast and patinated plaster
On view
William Zorach, Head of Robert Schwarzenbach, ca. 1930, marble, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Tessim Zorach and Dahlov Ipcar, 1968.154.150
Head of Robert Schwarzenbach
Dateca. 1930
marble
On view

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Innocence (Figure of Girl - Dahlov)
1928, cast and patinated plaster

WILLIAM ZORACH
Born: Eurburg, Lithuania 1889– Died: Bath, Maine 1966
 

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